Taliban attacks mosque in Peshawar Air Force base and leaves 20 dead

A Taliban attack on a mosque inside Pakistan Air Force base in Badaber, Peshawar has left at least 20 dead – 16 of them are believed to be worshippers and the others include three guards employed by the air force and an army captain.
This has been reported in foxnews.com dated 18 September 2015.

In this brazen Taliban attack, the worshippers were gunned down by the militants when they stormed the mosque inside the compound during prayers.
The attack led to an hours-long firefight at the base and the Pakistani forces claimed to have killed 13 of the attackers – the total number of attackers has yet to be ascertained. It is understood that 10 soldiers were wounded in the firefight with militants, along with an unspecified number of civilians.
Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. In a statement to the media, the spokesman has revealed that there were 14 Taliban fighters involved in the assault. They offered "safe passage" to women and children after attacking the base.
The attack is perceived as a major blow for Pakistan's military. It had intensified its operations against the militants after the horrific Taliban attack last December at a Peshawar school in which 150 people died and most of them were children.
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The US strategy of carrying out air strikes on oil fields held by Islamic State is leading to death of civilians because in the latest instance of a U.S.-led coalition airstrike on a gas distribution facility set off a series of secondary explosions in which at least eight people died nzherald.co.nz.

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